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Originally posted by Fruitacious B:
Almost any team with nice enough equipment or facilities can be in the top ten programs. Any one can assume that Penn and Jimtown will be ranked as some of the top football teams and programs in the state, that's because they have the history to back it up.
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History=yes
Equipment=No
Teams aren’t ranked on how good of facilities they have if that were the case you wouldn't us anywhere near the top 25.
History is considered when ranking teams, yes, but factors such as coaching and returning starters play a much bigger part in the consideration.
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Originally posted by Fruitacious B:
As far as team rankings go, Warsaw doesn't have a lot to show. I know that a few years back, we were like in the top 15 or so in the state, but we still didn't get past sectionals.
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My sophomore, junior and senior years we were ranked top 10 each time. Sophomore year we were ranked nationally, and were the closest team all year to beating Penn. We lost by 3 points, I might point out that the next closest team was a four touchdown difference. Junior year our final ranking despite losing at sectionals was 4th. So how bout you do some research before you start saying shit....dick.
How bout this, can I call you Mr. Stereotype for now on? Seeing how your whole opinion is formulated on stereotypes it doesn’t give you much ground to stand on. There are many reasons why people join the football team and for some reason I doubt it is for social purposes. If that was the case they'd quite after our 8 hour practices started up. The people that enjoy the game, and want to be there remain on the team. Most of the others with different goals, aside from that of the team, are weeded out. But obviously you don’t know this seeing how you've never played football; instead you sit back and concoct stereotypes, attempting to make your pathetic arguments somewhat valid.
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Originally posted by Fruitacious B:
There seem to be no cuts in football, that's silly. That means that any joe shmoe could go play football. It removes the sense of accomplishment. The feeling that you had what it took to be one of the select few to represent your school in that sport. Maybe that's not such a big deal to a lot of people though. It also gives very little game time to a lot of well deserving athletes.
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There are no cuts in a lot of sports, swimming, cross country, and track to name a few. If a sport becomes serious enough there are no need for cuts, the ones that want to be there will stay, while the undedicated ones will leave. A team can benefit greatly from a large group of individuals, especially if they are all working for the same thing, it just adds fuel to the fire, and can lead to greater success. While one individual may not contribute as much as the other, there is always something for them to accomplish and feel good about. Just because athlete A has to accomplish great things to get a "sense of accomplishment," doesn’t mean that athlete B can't do lesser things to get the same feeling. If everyone was out to accomplish the same exact things, what would there be to accomplish wizard nipples? I'll give you a hint fuckface...NOTHING.